A very spatial software session
Meg Miller - GIS & Data Visualization Librarian
workspace: bit.ly/edua_7850
Outline
- What is GIS?
- Considerations for education projects
- Data Visualization and Campus Libraries
- ArcGIS Online (workshop)
What is GIS?
Geographic Information System
Any system used to analyze, capture or work with geospatial data.
1. What data types are used in GIS
Data Types: Tabular
Data Types: Vector (point, line, polygon)
Data Types: Raster
2. How can GIS be used by educators
"GIS enabled [...] consciousness"
Sasha Mullally- UNB History Dept.
Common processes:
- Facilities Management
- Administration
- Participatory tools
Facilities Management:
- Capacity
- Infrastructure
- Emergency planning
Administration:
- Comparison between schools, boards and other benchmarks
- Location attributes (address, student:teacher ratios, funding, enrollment)
- Transportation networks
- Policy informed by community attributes
Participatory GIS
Interactive tools for stakeholder feedback.
Considerations:
3. How can Libraries support me
Library Support:
Librarian Support
Subject Guides
Training opportunities
Upcoming Fall/ Winter Sessions
January 19th:Open Data: Manitoba Crop InventoryFebruary 16th:Introduction to data cleaning with OpenRefine & word cloudsFebruary 23rd:QGIS 1: A Gentle Introduction to Open Source GIS SoftwareMarch 2nd:Infographics: An IntroductionMarch 9th:PowerBI 1: A Gentle Introduction to Data DashboardsMarch 16th:Data Visualization: the Good, the Bad and the Ugly- April 6th: Network Visualization using VosViewer - An Introduction
(Wednesdays at noon)
Key Points:
- Your expertise - be kind to your future self
- Purpose - exploratory vs. explanatory
- Audience - expertise, mediation
- Data requirements - size, residency, privacy...
Hands-on: Exploring ArcGIS Online
Questions
meg.miller@umanitoba.ca
workspace: bit.ly/edua_7850